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The Case Against Critical Feedback

The Case Against Critical Feedback

Lauren D. Woods on Recapturing the Joy of Writing

By Lauren D. Woods | October 22, 2020

Anne Carson: The Sheer Velocity and Ephemerality of Cy Twombly

Anne Carson: The Sheer Velocity and Ephemerality of Cy Twombly

“Ancient Things Are New Things."

By Anne Carson | October 22, 2020

Against the Muse Myth: On Motherhood and the Writing Life

Against the Muse Myth: On Motherhood and the Writing Life

Molly Spencer Finds Time to Write in all the Smallest Spaces

By Molly Spencer | October 22, 2020

Rumaan Alam on the Psychic Usefulness of a Tangible Disaster

Rumaan Alam on the Psychic Usefulness of a Tangible Disaster

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 22, 2020

The Moment My Poetry Students and I Could No Longer Ignore the Climate Crisis

The Moment My Poetry Students and I Could No Longer Ignore the Climate Crisis

Craig Santos Perez on the Origins of His Course in Ecopoetry

By Craig Santos Perez | October 22, 2020

Where Do Reading Lists Come From? (And Why Do We Love Them?)

Where Do Reading Lists Come From? (And Why Do We Love Them?)

William Germano and Kit Nicholls Offer a Brief History of a Familiar Format

By William Germano and Kit Nicholls | October 21, 2020

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Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

By Nikki Giovanni | October 21, 2020

After My Partner's Death, I Discovered the Full Richness of His Poetry

By Megan Marshall | October 21, 2020

On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

By Polly Barton | October 21, 2020

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

Czesław Miłosz Confronts the Dark and Immutable Order of the World

From the Russian Empire to the Republic of Letters 

By Czesław Miłosz | October 21, 2020

On Beauty Standards (and Privilege) in Memoir and Fiction

On Beauty Standards (and Privilege) in Memoir and Fiction

The Reading Women Podcast Discusses Carly Findlay and Frances Cha

By Reading Women | October 21, 2020

Jami Attenberg: Your Politics Are Always Going to Show Up in the Work

Jami Attenberg: Your Politics Are Always Going to Show Up in the Work

In Conversation with Courtney Balestier on the WMFA Podcast

By WMFA | October 21, 2020

Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

Marlon James: On the Power of Myth in Neil Gaiman’s Fiction

"He is a myth-maker, but also a dream restorer."

By Marlon James | October 20, 2020

Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

Navigating Crisis: On Asian American Solidarity in a Post-Covid America

Daniel Tam-Claiborne on Alexander Chee, Jenny Zhang, and Writing Difference Through Dialogue

By Daniel Tam-Claiborne | October 20, 2020

Why Djuna Barnes Withdrew Into Total Seclusion the Last 40 Years of Her Life

Why Djuna Barnes Withdrew Into Total Seclusion the Last 40 Years of Her Life

From Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books, a Podcast Hosted by Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | October 20, 2020

On Beauty, Sexual Violence, and Toni Morrison's <em>The Bluest Eye</em>

On Beauty, Sexual Violence, and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

Kanako Nishi: "Morrison neither consoled me as a victim, nor condemned me as the perpetrator."

By Kanako Nishi | October 20, 2020

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